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Date Posted: Wednesday, February 05, 04:57:27am
Author: Chani
Author Host/IP: 89-156-8-80.rev.numericable.fr / 89.156.8.80
Subject: I'm being stubborn
In reply to: Lij 's message, "I don't know what you're saying, AS..... Oh... ok... see it now......" on Tuesday, February 04, 08:34:01pm

But I really dislike the Moriarty as a Holmes, if only because it seems too on the nose and fanfic-like, and I expect better twist from Moffat.

I think that the tone Mycroft took when he said, "I'm not given to outbursts of brotherly compassion; we all know what happened to the other one," means that this other Holmes brother is dead or otherwise been put out of the picture (in a mental hospital, for instance). The implication being that Mycroft might be that cause or have played a part in that which put the other brother out of 'sight' - so to speak.

I agree but "the other one" doesn't necessarily mean another brother. Mycroft would still be that sibling's brother, even if it were a girl, so his phrase "outbursts of brotherly compassion" works if the third Holmes kid was a woman.

It's like when Yoda said "No there is another one", meaning Leia of course!

Yes The Empire Strikes Back was on French tv yesterday....

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[> [> [> [> [> I too agree that .... -- Lij, Wednesday, February 05, 08:47:33pm (adsl-99-31-13-212.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net/99.31.13.212)

......that the idea that Moriarty is another Holmes possibly via the father or mother (the 'hot' one) is rather too easy an explanation. As I said above, I hope that they have a more intriguing reveal for us.

Perhaps I am being 'sexist' concerning the possible 3rd Holmes. My point, however, is if I am (wrong about the gender) then what future roll could this other Holmes play? She would have to be, if not in fact male and Moriarty, another psychopath, much worse that Sherlock (who I don't see as a psychopath - even if 'high-functioning'). Something had to have happened to this person.

We can speculate 'till the cows come home, but the producers and writers of Sherlock have it all in their hands.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> Here is what Moffat says about Sherlock -- Chani, Thursday, February 06, 04:41:26am (89-156-8-80.rev.numericable.fr/89.156.8.80)

It's from an interview on vulture.com about Sherlock's best man speech:

As Moffat puts it, that’s merely Sherlock “bullshitting.” “He always is. He doesn’t think that at all. He doesn’t think any of those things, but he wants to think that he does, just as he wants to think he’s a high-functioning sociopath,” says Moffat. “He’s not a sociopath, nor is he high-functioning. He’d really like to be a sociopath. But he’s so fucking not. The wonderful drama of Sherlock Holmes is that he’s aspiring to this extraordinary standard. He is at root an absolutely ordinary man with a very, very big brain. He’s repressed his emotions, his passions, his desires, in order to make his brain work better — in itself, a very emotional decision, and it does suggest that he must be very emotional if he thinks emotions get in the way. I just think Sherlock Holmes must be bursting!”

As for "the other one", yes something happened to that person and they all know it in Mycroft's circle, so it must be related to a State issue.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Yes! And I agree with your criticism on LJ ;-) -- Lij, Thursday, February 06, 07:14:27am (adsl-99-186-236-105.dsl.bltnin.sbcglobal.net/99.186.236.105)


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